NEW: Outside groups like super PACs have spent over $1 billion on 2024 elections — double the pace of previous cycles. opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/o…

NEW: A Texas oil regulator’s reelection campaign raised a record $9.2M with a quarter of that fundraising from energy industry — which her commission regulates. opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/t…

NEW: Japanese-owned Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel has triggered intense political and regulatory scrutiny, spurring record lobbying spending by both companies opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/j…

U.S. Steel's lobbying spending tooped $1.7 million in the first half of 2024— more than triple the $545k it spent during the same period last year, and exceeding its total annual federal lobbying spending during any year in the past decade.  opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/j…

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By ⁦Andy Rowell⁩ and me How Exxon chases billions in US subsidies for a ‘climate solution’ that helps it drill more oil | ExxonMobil | The Guardian theguardian.com/business/artic…

NEW: Interest groups spent $2.2 billion on lobbying trying to influence the federal government during the first half of 2024 opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/r…

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Government accountability depends on #transparency in our #campaignfinance system. That's why a dozen organizations are urging Kamala Harris & Donald J. Trump to disclose information about their campaign bundlers before Election Day issueone.org/press/crosspar…

NEW: Electric vehicle policy is driving up federal lobbying spending in the first half of 2024. Intense debates around EVs have spurred a surge in lobbying dollars from all sides. Let's break down what you need to know: opensecrets.org/news/2024/09/e…

"Watchdogs press presidential candidates to disclose elite campaign fundraisers," writes Taylor Giorno The Hill about new push by 13 groups including Issue One OpenSecrets.org NLPC Business for America ☆ Campaign Legal Center Public Citizen RepresentUs & League of Women Voters of the US thehill.com/lobbying/48693…